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Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

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BENJAMIN H. GLOIVES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS- STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,550, dated April 3. 1888.

Application filed July 30, 1887.

To @ZZ whom it mag/.concern- Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. Crowns, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof New York, in the county of New York and State of N ew York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stretching Devices for Trousers, dsc.; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying dra-wings, and to letters or iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figurel of the drawings is a representation of this invention,and is a side view. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. a is a det-ail.

.The invention is an improved device for stretching the legs of trousers, so as to prevent or remedy the bagging at the knees and wrinkling at the back of the leg opposite the knee; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinaiter set forth.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a roller, having the pinsaa-secured eccentrically in its ends at corresponding points.

I3 is a leverbar standing at right angles from the centerof said roller at right angles to the linejoining the axes of said pins and the axes of the roller, and C is a catch on the outer surface of said bar adjoining the roller.

D is a roller or rounded bar somewhat longer than the roller A, and d d are eyes secured to the side of said roller D near its ends, which form bearings for the pins a a, the eyes being usually cut or opened adjacent to their stems for facility of engaging the pins therein. The

roller A also can be made relatively' longer in` proportion to the roller D by this construction and incur no liability of disengaging therefrom laterally.

E E are stops secured to the side of the roller A, which bear against the roller D when the eccentricpins are at or near their farthest point from the roller D.

F is a roller similar to the roller A and have ing the pins ff secured eccentrically in its ends. G is a locking-lever standing from the center of the said roller at right angles to the line running from the axes of the pins ff to the axes of the roller.

Serial No. 245,728. (No model.)

II is a fulcrum rise or abutment to engage the end of the bar B, said rise or bearing being ing the roller F.

I is a roller or rounded bar similar to the roller D, and t' i are eyes secured to the side thereof and forming bearings for the pinsff. The eyes may be cut similarly to the eyes d, for the purpose of more easily engaging the pinsf.

J J are stops secured to the roller F, acting against the roller I, and in all respects similar to the stops E. The rollers A D and F I form clamps.

The method of using the device is as follows: The trousenlegs are placed between the roll ers A and D, which rest thereon a suitable distance above the knee, and the barB is turned into position to make the rollers bind on the legs. The rollers F and I are similarly placed on the legs a distance below the former rollers slightly less than the combined length of the bar B, and the distance to the {moroni-abut ment II, which is raised with the locking-bar G until its end engages the end of the bar B.

against the bar B, and its end is engaged by the catch C of -said bar, so that the leg is stretched and held extended between the two pairs of rollers.

The pairs of rollers may be set closer together or farther apart, as it may be desired, to stretch the trousers more or less. When the abutting fulcrum H and bar B are brought into line, the eccentric journals of the rollers A and F are so turned in their bearing as to cause the said rollers to bear on the cloth between the pairs of rollers.

Having described niyinvention, I claim Vl. The herein-described device to stretch the legs of trousers, composed of the roller A, having the eccentric-journal pins in its ends, the lever-bar B, secured to said roller, the catch C, the roller D, having the eyes d secured thereto, the stops E, the roller F, provided with the eccentric-journal pins f, the roller I, having the eyes t' secured thereto, the locking-lever G, the fulcrum H, and the stops J, substantially as specified.

2. In a device to stretch the legs of trousers, the combination of the two pairs of rollers, whereby the leg is held at different parts on the inner side of the locking-lever adjoinn The 'locking-lever G is then turned down- IOO thereof, the lever and fulcrum secured to :L In testimony whereof I afx my signature in roller of one pair, and the lever-bar secured presence of two Witnesses.

to the correspondin@ roller of the opposite 1 pair, and having a' datenb upon it to hold the BENJAMN H' CLOWEb' 5 end of the lever attached to the flrsb pair of Vitnesses:

rollers when the same is pressed down, sub- THOMAS J. WALSH, stantially as speeied. i GEO. MGNELL. 

